Transformative Curriculum Design in Health Sciences Education

A crucial element in ensuring patient safety and quality of care is the proper training of the next generation of doctors, nurses, and healthcare staff. To effectively serve their students, health science educators must first prepare themselves with competencies in pedagogy and curriculum design. Transformative Curriculum Design in Health Sciences Education provides information for faculty to learn how to translate technical competencies in medicine and healthcare into the development of both traditional and online learning environments. This book serves as a reference for health sciences undergraduate and graduate faculty interested in learning about the latest health sciences educational principles and curriculum design practices. This critical reference contains innovative chapters on transformative learning, curriculum design and development, the use of technology in healthcare training through hybrid and flipped classrooms, specific pedagogies, interprofessional education, and more.

Product details

• Authors: Colleen Halupa
• Assisted by: Colleen Halupa (Editor)
• Publisher: Medical Information Science Reference
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2015
• EAN: 9781466685710
• ISBN: 978-1-4666-8571-0
• No. of pages: 418
• Dimensions: 183 mm x 260 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 977 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General